First Coast woman creates 'Justice for Cherish' window clings

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Wednesday, well wishers gathered at the Hardage-Giddens Town & Country Funeral Home to honor 8-year-old Cherish Perrywinkle.

Earlier in the day, First Coast News caught up with a woman who is starting a grassroots movement by creating window clings to honor Cherish.

"Oh my! Beautiful!" Cindy George exclaimed as she walked down one of the main aisles inside the sanctuary of Paxon Revival Church Center Wednesday morning.

The church's pastor said Cherish Perrywinkle used to walk down those aisles. In George's hands was a token bearing the child's name. It was something George said is close to her heart.

"Well, because she was an 8-year-old child that didn't deserve this to happen to her," George said.

Registered sexual offender Donald Smith, the man accused of abducting and killing Cherish Perrywinkle, appeared in court Wednesday morning. The State Attorney's Office spokesperson said, if convicted, Smith could face the death penalty.

Now, he said the church is morally supporting George and her window clings.

"It's all about love," Dobbs said. "I don't get into politics. You never see me on a stage of politics. But, when they mess with our children, it's our future. That we need to get involved and do something."